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Originally posted by gazztric
What's crazy about a country attempting to protect it's language and culture?The americanisation of the world should be resisted.
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What's crazy about it is it perpetuates the fantasy that each culture lives in some kind of isolation, taking on board only those influences it chooses. There are a vast number of words in English that came here from French, Spanish, German, Latin, even Arabic, but you don't see parliament passing laws against them.
The French are paranoid that their culture is going to be subsumed by Anglo-Saxon culture (i.e. English-speaking). This is sad because it demonstrates a basic lack of faith in their own culture. And if they don't believe in it, what's the point of passing laws to try to protect it?